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Senate advances HB 33 to address American Indian and Alaska Native education gaps
Summary
Senate sponsors moved and passed HB 33 to create a short-term, state-tribal effort to study and recommend improvements for Native American student outcomes; sponsor cited test-score gaps and set a Dec. 31 timeline for an appointed group to report back.
Senator Van Tassel presented House Bill 33, the American Indian and Alaska Native Education Amendments, on the Senate floor and asked the chamber to suspend the three-reading requirement and move the bill to immediate final passage. Van Tassel said the bill grew from committee findings that Native students lag behind state averages in multiple subjects, and described a time-limited review process that would include tribal appointees and the state superintendent's designee.
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